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Housing starts fall sharply across Canada — even in Vancouver

Housing starts fall sharply across Canada — even in Vancouver

Miserable winter weather throughout much of Canada — Vancouver excluded — has pushed housing starts to their lowest levels in more than five years.
Suburbs lure headquarters

Suburbs lure headquarters

Company relocation linked to where staff live
Depreciation reports trigger condo re-roofing boom

Depreciation reports trigger condo re-roofing boom

Metro Vancouver roofing contractors are crediting B.C.’s new depreciation reports for a boom in...
Vancouverites rely on Bank of Mom and Dad to buy million-dollar houses

Vancouverites rely on Bank of Mom and Dad to buy million-dollar houses

But like the controversial issue of foreign ownership, there is currently not enough data to track the extent of the phenomenon
Victoria’s Bay Centre sells in blockbuster deal; oilpatch angst overblown

Victoria’s Bay Centre sells in blockbuster deal; oilpatch angst overblown

Capital city Chalk up another major deal for downtown Victoria: with last year’s sale of the Fairmont Empress Hotel to Nat Bosa rocking local real estate charts at $50 million, this year has started with a deal for more than double that price with Ma
Vancouver’s ‘extreme levels’ of unaffordable housing a drag on B.C.: RBC

Vancouver’s ‘extreme levels’ of unaffordable housing a drag on B.C.: RBC

Housing affordability in B.C. improved slightly in 2014’s fourth quarter but prices in Vancouver continue to drag down the province’s overall affordability, according to RBC’s quarterly housing trends report.
B.C.’s major projects inventory hits pause button

B.C.’s major projects inventory hits pause button

Number of construction projects in the province put on hold is expected to increase
Avigilon to pay $42 million for Telus building

Avigilon to pay $42 million for Telus building

Vancouver-based tech company expected to move employees into new global headquarters by 2016
Condo developer brings housing mix to Vancouver’s DTES

Condo developer brings housing mix to Vancouver’s DTES

A tough block, but a changing block. That’s how Anthony Kuschak of Sequel 138 Development Corp. describes the location of a new 97-unit housing project rising out of the ground across from the city’s supervised injection site on East Hastings.
Victoria’s Bay Centre sold

Victoria’s Bay Centre sold

The sale could end up being one of B.C.'s biggest commercial real estate deals in 2015